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Dozens of employees at the bureau were fired by email on Tuesday night amid a stop-work order and closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters.

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UPDATE: The White House defended its decision to block The Associated Press from covering two official events on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

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Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands

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JD Vance took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in: Pope Francis.

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Violent assaults are spiking in state prisons. Could body cameras be a solution?

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Puerto Rico's government faces over $2 billion in consultant fees amid ongoing financial restructuring efforts.

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Yaroslav Simkiv, a well-known trumpeter in Lviv, Ukraine, has played for over 50 years. He announces the time from the mayoral building, but now he's taking on a more serious role in his community and honors Ukraine's fallen soldiers with a musical farewell.

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Pope Francis warns Trump's mass deportation of migrants 'will end badly'

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REPORTER: Do you view Ukraine as an equal member of this peace process? TRUMP: Ummmm ... it's an interesting question. I think they have to make peace. That was not a good war to go into.

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It is like blaming Poland for their two-front war against Germany & USSR in WWII: why did they choose to do that, right?

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Alina Habba on a guy who posted "Normalize Indian hate" in September: "Who cares, he said something wrong. Let's give him another try."

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I know this is a tired, cliched gripe these days, but if Biden had said something as remotely dumbass there would've been days upon days of stories about how he's too old and feeble to be in office.

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Crockett: "This is nothing more than another payday for Elon Musk bc we know that if there is any govt welfare to be handed out, it is consistently being handed out to Elon Musk, who stopped all the money to USAID while at the same time deciding that he would get another contract for over $300m."

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Crockett: "I understand when people say they are concerned about our debt, as they should be. But if you really want to look at the problem, it's probably with the Trump administration. We know that that administration, the last time they were in, ran our debt up an additional $8 trillion."

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Pam Bondi announces the DOJ has "filed charges against the state of New York, Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, and Mark Schroeder"

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New in PN: Trump burns down financial watchdog agency to spite Liz Warren And if it lets Elon get his payments app started without federal regulation, even better!

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A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to restore CDC, FDA and HHS webpages that Trump had ordered to be deleted. This comes after doctors sued the Trump administration for interfering with their treatment of patients.

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Trump Shares Fake Image of Taylor Swift Holding Trump Flag, Pushing Election Denialism Taylor rejected Trump. Trump can't shake it off.

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Musk totally humiliated Trump during their joint Oval Office press conference. Musk brought along his 4-year-old son — making Trump look like the kid’s babysitter — disrespectfully wore a T-shirt and baseball cap, and even interrupted Trump. It’s clear who’s really in control, and it ain’t Trump.

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Approximately 500 stores across the United States are closing, the retailer said in a statement to CNN, saying that “right-sizing our store footprint is a critical part of our efforts to ensure the best path forward.” cnn.it/419SWGW

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The paedophile financier has been linked to countless famous people but what could Trump’s task force uncover about his crimes and contacts?

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The Australian town of Marysville once faced the same questions being asked in the Los Angeles neighborhoods that burned. How could the town be rebuilt to be safer from fire? Or should it even be rebuilt at all? www.latimes.com/world-nation...

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Before Oscar-nominated movie Emilia Pérez, star Karla Sofía Gascón was relatively unknown in her home country. Now, Spanish news shows are filled with commentary about the actress and the fallout over her tweets.

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Cheerios and Wheaties are pumping up the protein. It's all part of a big vibe shift I've noticed lately with health trends, like the MAHA Movement.

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#EfemeridesSemilla AVISO DE CONTENIDO Hoy, en 1993 (Bootle, LIV), los niños J. Venables 10) y R. Thompson (10), secuestran a J.P. Bulger (2) en el C.C. New Strand, cuyo cadáver es encontrado con hematomas y signos de tortura en las vías del tren. _ ¿Cómo la transformarías para qué ambientación?

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Portada de ayer de “Le Journal de Montréal”, uno de los periódicos más importantes de Quebec, Canadá. “Trump empuja a su aliado más cercano a la recesión ESTÚPIDO”

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Uf.

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Donald Trump #donaldtrump #usa #spain #españa #europe #america #reflexao #reflexion #citas #cita #eeuu #frasedehoy #prensa #periodicos #radio #pp #vox #television #madrid #tv

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Mexico City’s weekly 35-mile ciclovía was a sight to see. We rode from La Condesa to the historic center, and up and down Paseo de la Reforma. Super well organized and accessible. Nothing beats riding across the city with thousands of others, without a car in sight.

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Los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos, que el cambio climático está convirtiendo en más habituales y duros, dejan a su paso muertes y pérdidas económicas. Cuando se hace recuento de esos impactos, España no sale bien parada

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President Trump was officially elected chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, he announced on Wednesday. The center is now entirely made up of Trump appointees when it has historically been run by bipartisan boards.

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An archaeologist describes the moment he realized repatriation of Indigenous remains is about human rights, not just legal obligations. A well-preserved body changed his perspective. https://buff.ly/42U7uMe By Christopher Wolff, University at Albany, State University of New York 🗃️#archaeology

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NEW: The owner said the ramen spot is closing due to "significant challenges facing Denver’s restaurant industry, including rising ingredient costs and an evolving economic landscape," also citing increasing labor costs due to Denver's “high minimum wage."

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During an Oval Office press conference on Monday, Donald Trump remained hunched over the Resolute Desk while Elon Musk took the reins, spending more time answering reporters’ questions than the president himself.

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🇱🇻🇺🇦 Latvia to transfer 42 Patria 6×6 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine.

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All I can say about this nonsense is Molotov-Ribbentrop. Europe, you have two choices: help Ukraine and defend democracy and freedom, or fall along with Ukraine. Europe can’t be strong without Ukraine, WW3 is coming, and you can ONLY stop it by helping Ukraine destroy russia - there’s no other way.

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NEW: Some peace deals lead to peace, others to more war. The Minsk II deal aimed to end Russia’s limited invasion of Ukraine in 2015 but instead laid the groundwork for the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. (🧵1/7)

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MORE: Winning in Ukraine for Putin has always meant more than seizing territory, forcing Ukraine into neutrality, or countering NATO. What Putin cares about is control of Ukraine. Kyiv and what Kyiv stands for have been Putin’s goals in Ukraine from the outset. (🧵1/8)

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The Kremlin-linked Donald Trump blackmailed Ukraine (again), threatening to withhold aid unless it provides him and his corporate oligarchs with $500B in rare earth material or equivalent contracts. Hours later he praised Russia. 90% of US Ukraine aid is already reimbursed before delivery. #OpCanary

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This feels like talks about Ukraine without Ukraine all over again.

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Europe and Ukraine need to exclude the US from any negotiations about Ukraine's future. The US under Trump is simply a Putin friend & an enemy of Ukraine, Europe and democracy.

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Quietly, Hegseth announces a major policy change, ruling out Ukraine joining NATO. This is a capitulation to Putin, justifying his wars of aggression starting with Georgia in 2008. This will embolden Putin & undermine the interests of peace in Ukraine & Europe. A major blow to US national security.

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